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/bˈlæŋk/BLANGK
/bˈlæŋk/BLANGK

Meaningshining

Common meaning: empty or unmarked

Journey through time

  1. Old High Germanblanch‘shining’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsshining → whiteblanc‘white’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftswhite → empty or unmarkedblank‘empty or unmarked’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old High German blanch ‘shining’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BLANK, p. 65 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • blanch Old High German “shining”

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